Pilobolus Dance Theater

Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times

News about Pilobolus Dance Theater, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 19, 2014

Siobhan Burke reviews New York premiere of Pilobolus dance troupe piece The Inconsistent Pedaler, created with Israeli fiction writer Etgar Keret and actress and director Shira Geffen, at the Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 17, 2014

Siobhan Burke reviews dance performance by Pilobolus at the Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 17, 2013

Alastair Macaulay reviews performance by Pilobolus at Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 11, 2013

Alastair Macaulay reviews performance by dance company Pilobolus, featuring premiere of dance work created by Penn & Teller, at Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 21, 2012

Brian Seibert reviews premiere of Michael Moschen piece Azimuth, performed by Pilobolus Dance Theater at the Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 18, 2012

Brian Seibert reviews performance by Pilobolus Dance Theater, including New York premieres of works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Trish Sie, at the Joyce Theater. MORE

Jul. 15, 2012

Skyscrapers collaborative piece from Pilobolus, choreographed by Trish Sie and Renee Jaworski, is based on a music video that Sie choreographed for the rock band OK Go, for which her brother is the lead singer; dance group is known for its abstract ensemble pieces. MORE

The American Dance Festival’s 2014 season, taking place June 12 to July 26 in Durham, N.C., features 24 companies and choreographers, some American, some hailing from as far as Ireland, Israel and South Africa.

In recent years Pilobolus Dance Theater, the popular collective named after a fungus, has turned to outside collaborators. Many of these guests have strong artistic voices, but the fungus inevitably takes over, digesting new ideas into Pilobolese. ...